@antronicsltd.bsky.social
Developer of embedded microntroller-based systems. Contract/consultant. Specialist in IoT, M2M communications and interfacing. May also contain cats, steam engines, and more.
And last week they had Valentine's toilet roll.
They're really scraping the bottom now...
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Front cover art of the SoundCheck test CD by Alan Parsons & Stephen Court. At the left-hand side is a sound-level meter going from -12 to +3dB
I enjoyed this one...
13.02.2026 10:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Birds Eye to sack all their campanologists.
They're going for the no-bell peas prize.
A bedside lamp. The shade has broken off, leaving just two uprights - looking like arms held up. A shocked face has been drawn on the bulb
12.02.2026 18:48 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A person's hand holding 2 large carrots
Seems to have been a good year for carrots
12.02.2026 18:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Betteridge's Law
@ianbetteridge.com
against some stiff opposition?
12.02.2026 18:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
you want one of these:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQWc...
Trolley buses reimagined ?
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headshot of Jennifer Aniston
"Here comes the science"
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Noses run in our family ...
11.02.2026 17:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"Just like mummy used to make" ?
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Perhaps we need a metric to identify good metrics ...?
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So whoever thought that was a good idea?
Isn't it blindingly obvious that such a system is going to be prone to relay attack?
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I mean, a Faraday cage would be pointless on a key which only transmits when you press the button?
08.02.2026 09:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0But not the particular one he's talking about in the article?
08.02.2026 09:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0My cars are old enough to only have button-press keys.
08.02.2026 09:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Surely 90s keys only transmitted when you pressed the button, so this wasn't a problem?
Really early ones were susceptible to replay attacks, but rolling codes fixed that?
What he's talking about is the much more recent "keyless" entry?
And, as for Faraday cages wearing out... 🤣😂😅
After all, the Royal Court did used to travel around the country in The Olden Days - didn't it?
07.02.2026 12:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Do we know what, exactly, is the MPs big objection to leaving that specific place?
07.02.2026 12:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0If only there were a good, rapid rail link between London, Midlands, and The North...
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A small fluffy cat sat on a doormat outside a closed front door.
This is not my cat.
#Caturday #NotMyCat
A large tabby cat sitting on a windowsill and peeping through the gap in vertical blinds
Black & white photo of the same cat on a different windowsill, between curtain & window. The cat is looking back over its shoulder at the photographer.
The lookout ...
06.02.2026 18:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I am the author of that post - awneil.
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eSports competition
Gamer vs Gamer
The women both sit down.
Seated rivalry.
Two women argue with each other from their doorsteps on opposite sides of the street.
They can never reach agreement, because they are arguing from different premises.
You may need to explain that reference for younger viewers...
06.02.2026 00:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That's cats for you!
We bought a cat bed for a cat once.
It was the *only* thing she wouldn't sleep on!
@thepihut.com I gather this pattern of 4 long + 7 short blinks on the ACT LED means “Power failure type B”:
www.raspberrypi.com/documentatio...
But what does “Power failure type B” actually mean?
Also (not shown in video) the PWR LED continues to glow for ~ 15 mins after unplugging the USB J1
